iPad Air 2 LTE Home Button Assembly Replacement

Place the iOpener in the center of the microwave.

Heat the iOpener for thirty seconds.

Throughout the repair procedure, as the iOpener cools, reheat it in the microwave for an additional thirty seconds at a time.

Remove the iOpener from the microwave, holding it by one of the two flat ends to avoid the hot center.

If your display glass is cracked, keep further breakage contained and prevent bodily harm during your repair by taping the glass.

Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the iPad's display until the whole face is covered.

Do your best to follow the rest of the guide as described. However, once the glass is broken, it will likely continue to crack as you work, and you may need to use a metal prying tool to scoop the glass out.

Handling it by the tabs on either end, place a heated iOpener over the top edge of the iPad.

Let the iOpener sit on the iPad for two minutes to soften the adhesive securing the front panel to the rest of the iPad.

As you follow the directions, take special care to avoid prying in the following areas:

Home Button

Front Facing Camera

Main Camera

Place a suction cup over the iPad's front-facing camera and press down to create a seal.

Firmly pull up on the suction cup to to create a small gap between the front panel and the rear case.

Once you've opened a sufficient gap, insert an opening pick into the gap to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Slide the pick along the edge of the display, towards the headphone jack.

If there is still a considerable amount of resistance when sliding the opening pick, repeat the iOpener heating procedure and apply additional heat.

Insert a second opening pick by the front-facing camera.

Slide the second pick along the top edge of the iPad, towards the Sleep/Wake Button.

Insert a third pick by the front-facing camera.

Bring the right opening pick down and around the top right corner of the iPad.

Bring the left opening pick around the top left corner of the tablet.

Reheat the iOpener and lay it over the right edge of the display to loosen the adhesive underneath.

Slide the right opening pick roughly halfway down the display.

Reheat the iOpener and apply heat to the left side of the iPad.

Slide the left-hand opening pick about halfway down the edge of the display.

Slide the opposite opening pick down to the bottom right corner of the iPad.

Slide the left-hand opening pick down the edge of the display until you reach the corner.

Use the iOpener to apply heat to the bottom edge of the iPad.

Bring the right-hand opening pick around the bottom corner of the iPad.

Repeat for the left-hand pick.

Remove the right-hand opening pick at the bottom of the iPad.

Slide the left-hand opening pick along the bottom edge of the display, then remove it from the bottom right corner of the iPad.

Twist the remaining pick by the front-facing camera to separate the top edge of the display assembly from the rear case.

Continue lifting the display assembly from the front-facing camera side.

Pull the display slightly away from the bottom edge to completely separate it from the rear case.

Keep lifting until the display assembly is roughly perpendicular to the body of the iPad.

Remove the single 1.8 mm Phillips screw securing the battery terminals to their contacts on the logic board.

Slide a battery isolation pick underneath the battery connector area of the logic board, and leave it in place while you work.

Remove the three 1.3mm Phillips screws from the display cable bracket.

Remove the bracket.

Disconnect the display data connector from its socket on the logic board.

Disconnect the two remaining digitizer cables underneath the display data cable.

Remove the front panel assembly from the rear case.

Use a plastic opening tool to pry the bracket off the back of the Home Button.

Remove the Home Button bracket and peel up the tape connected to it.

Scrape off as much of the old adhesive residue from the bracket as you can, then clean it with acetone or high-concentration (90% or greater) isopropyl alcohol.

Secure the bracket with hot-melt glue, superglue, or high-strength double-sided tape. Make sure the bracket is aligned correctly before allowing your adhesive to cure, or the home button will not click when pressed.

Peel up the tape covering the Home Button ZIF connector.

Use the flat end of a spudger to flip up the retaining flap on the Home Button cable socket.

Disconnect the Home Button ribbon cable.

Use the flat end of a spudger to peel up the Home Button ribbon cable and Touch ID control chip.

Peel up the remaining corner of the Home Button ribbon cable.

Reheat your iOpener and lay it over the bottom edge of the display to loosen the adhesive on the Home Button gasket.

Use the pointed end of a spudger to gently pry the Home Button assembly up from the display.

Continue working the tip of the spudger around the edge of the gasket until the gasket is fully separated from the front panel.

Remove the home button assembly.